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20110130139 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PERFORM TIME ZONE DETERMINATION BY A MOBILE STATION - This application pertains to methods and apparatus to perform time zone determination by a mobile station. One example method for use in a communication device includes determining a geographical location and universal time for the device; determining a time zone for the device based on the geographical location; determining a time for the device based on the universal time and the time zone; using the determined time in applications operable on the device, wherein the applications operable on the device comprise applications other than the application used to determine the geographical location. Other examples are shown and described. | 06-02-2011 |
20120225664 | APPARATUS, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD, FOR ESTIMATING A TIME ZONE AT WHICH A DEVICE IS POSITIONED - An apparatus, and an associated method, estimates a time zone at which an electronic device, such as a wireless device, is positioned. Parameters, such as a mobile country code, a GMT offset, a daylight savings time parameter, and geo location parameters are all candidate parameters from which to make an estimate. Received parameters are identified, and selectably used to obtain an estimate that is matched or verified to ensure likely accuracy. | 09-06-2012 |
20130005337 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PERFORM TIME ZONE DETERMINATION BY A MOBILE STATION - This application pertains to methods and apparatus to perform time zone determination by a mobile station. One example method for use in a device includes transmitting a messaging service message to a server via a communication network, the messaging service message to be used to determine a time zone for the device, and receiving the time zone for the device from the server. Other examples are shown and described. | 01-03-2013 |
20140187262 | Apparatus, and Associated Method, for Estimating a Time Zone at Which a Device is Positioned - An apparatus, and an associated method, estimates a time zone at which an electronic device, such as a wireless device, is positioned. Parameters, such as a mobile country code, a GMT offset, a daylight savings time parameter, and geo location parameters are all candidate parameters from which to make an estimate. Received parameters are identified, and selectably used to obtain an estimate that is matched or verified to ensure likely accuracy. | 07-03-2014 |
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20100197116 | LASER-BASED MATERIAL PROCESSING METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Various embodiments may be used for laser-based modification of target material of a workpiece while advantageously achieving improvements in processing throughput and/or quality. Embodiments of a method of processing may include focusing and directing laser pulses to a region of the workpiece at a pulse repetition rate sufficiently high so that material is efficiently removed from the region and a quantity of unwanted material within the region, proximate to the region, or both is reduced relative to a quantity obtainable at a lower repetition rate. In at least one embodiment, an ultrashort pulse laser system may include at least one of a fiber amplifier or fiber laser. Various embodiments are suitable for at least one of dicing, cutting, scribing, and forming features on or within a semiconductor substrate. Workpiece materials may also include metals, inorganic or organic dielectrics, or any material to be micromachined with femtosecond and/or picosecond pulses, and in some embodiments with pulse widths up to a few nanoseconds. | 08-05-2010 |
20100272129 | YB: AND ND: MODE-LOCKED OSCILLATORS AND FIBER SYSTEMS INCORPORATED IN SOLID-STATE SHORT PULSE LASER SYSTEMS - The invention describes classes of robust fiber laser systems usable as pulse sources for Nd: or Yb: based regenerative amplifiers intended for industrial settings. The invention modifies adapts and incorporates several recent advances in FCPA systems to use as the input source for this new class of regenerative amplifier. | 10-28-2010 |
20110139760 | FEMTOSECOND LASER PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH PROCESS PARAMETERS CONTROLS AND FEEDBACK - A femtosecond laser based laser processing system having a femtosecond laser, frequency conversion optics, beam manipulation optics, target motion control, processing chamber, diagnostic systems and system control modules. The femtosecond laser based laser processing system allows for the utilization of the unique heat control in micromachining, and the system has greater output beam stability, continuously variable repetition rate and unique temporal beam shaping capabilities. | 06-16-2011 |
20110240617 | LASER-BASED MATERIAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHODS - Various embodiments may be used for laser-based modification of target material of a workpiece while advantageously achieving improvements in processing throughput and/or quality. Embodiments of a method of processing may include focusing and directing laser pulses to a region of the workpiece at a pulse width sufficiently short so that material is efficiently removed by nonlinear optical absorption from the region and a quantity of heat affected zone and thermal stress on the material within the region, proximate to the region, or both is reduced relative to a quantity obtainable using a laser with longer pulses. In at least one embodiment, an ultrashort pulse laser system may include at least one of a fiber amplifier or fiber laser. Various embodiments are suitable for at least one of dicing, cutting, scribing, and forming features on or within a composite material. | 10-06-2011 |
20120120971 | YB: AND ND: MODE-LOCKED OSCILLATORS AND FIBER SYSTEMS INCORPORATED IN SOLID-STATE SHORT PULSE LASER SYSTEMS - The invention describes classes of robust fiber laser systems usable as pulse sources for Nd: or Yb: based regenerative amplifiers intended for industrial settings. The invention modifies adapts and incorporates several recent advances in FCPA systems to use as the input source for this new class of regenerative amplifier. | 05-17-2012 |
20120196454 | LASER-BASED MATERIAL PROCESSING METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Various embodiments may be used for laser-based modification of target material of a workpiece while advantageously achieving improvements in processing throughput and/or quality. Embodiments of a method of processing may include focusing and directing laser pulses to a region of the workpiece at a pulse repetition rate sufficiently high so that material is efficiently removed from the region and a quantity of unwanted material within the region, proximate to the region, or both is reduced relative to a quantity obtainable at a lower repetition rate. Embodiments of an ultrashort pulse laser system may include a fiber amplifier or fiber laser. Various embodiments are suitable for at least one of dicing, cutting, scribing, and forming features on or within a semiconductor substrate. Workpiece materials may include metals, inorganic or organic dielectrics, or any material to be micromachined with femtosecond, picosecond, and/or nanosecond pulses. | 08-02-2012 |
20130003065 | FEMTOSECOND LASER PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH PROCESS PARAMETERS CONTROLS AND FEEDBACK - A femtosecond laser based laser processing system having a femtosecond laser, frequency conversion optics, beam manipulation optics, target motion control, processing chamber, diagnostic systems and system control modules. The femtosecond laser based laser processing system allows for the utilization of the unique heat control in micromachining, and the system has greater output beam stability, continuously variable repetition rate and unique temporal beam shaping capabilities. | 01-03-2013 |
20130194592 | ULTRASHORT LASER MICRO-TEXTURE PRINTING - Systems and methods for providing laser texturing of solid substrates are disclosed. The texturing may be used to provide grayscale images obtainable from substrates, which may include steel, aluminum, glass, and silicon. In some embodiments, images may be obtainable from the substrate by modifying the reflective, diffractive, and/or absorptive features of the substrate or the substrate surface by forming random, periodic, and/or semi-periodic micro-structure features on the substrate (or substrate surface) by an ultrafast laser pulse train. The ultrafast pulse train may be modulated in order to vary, for example, optical exposure time, pulse train intensity, laser polarization, laser wavelength, or a combination of the aforementioned. The ultrafast pulse train and the substrate may be scanned with respect to each other to provide different optical energies to different regions of the substrate (or substrate surface). In some embodiments, the image is provided by making one or more passes of the ultrafast laser pulse train relative to the substrate. | 08-01-2013 |
20130293941 | YB: AND ND: MODE-LOCKED OSCILLTORS AND FIBER SYSTEMS INCORPORATED IN SOLID-STATE SHORT PULSE LASER SYSTEMS - The invention describes classes of robust fiber laser systems usable as pulse sources for Nd: or Yb: based regenerative amplifiers intended for industrial settings. The invention modifies adapts and incorporates several recent advances in FCPA systems to use as the input source for this new class of regenerative amplifier. | 11-07-2013 |
20140092927 | FEMTOSECOND LASER PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH PROCESS PARAMETERS CONTROLS AND FEEDBACK - A femtosecond laser based laser processing system having a femtosecond laser, frequency conversion optics, beam manipulation optics, target motion control, processing chamber, diagnostic systems and system control modules. The femtosecond laser based laser processing system allows for the utilization of the unique heat control in micromachining, and the system has greater output beam stability, continuously variable repetition rate and unique temporal beam shaping capabilities. | 04-03-2014 |
20140185065 | ULTRASHORT LASER MICRO-TEXTURE PRINTING - Systems and methods for providing laser texturing of solid substrates are disclosed. The texturing may be used to provide grayscale images obtainable from substrates, which may include steel, aluminum, glass, and silicon. In some embodiments, images may be obtainable from the substrate by modifying the reflective, diffractive, and/or absorptive features of the substrate or the substrate surface by forming random, periodic, and/or semi-periodic micro-structure features on the substrate (or substrate surface) by an ultrafast laser pulse train. The ultrafast pulse train may be modulated in order to vary, for example, optical exposure time, pulse train intensity, laser polarization, laser wavelength, or a combination of the aforementioned. The ultrafast pulse train and the substrate may be scanned with respect to each other to provide different optical energies to different regions of the substrate (or substrate surface). In some embodiments, the image is provided by making one or more passes of the ultrafast laser pulse train relative to the substrate. | 07-03-2014 |
20140254618 | CHIRPED QUASI PHASE-MATCHED OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIER/DIFFERENCE FREQUENCY GENERATOR (CQPM OPA/DFG)-BASED OPTICAL TUNING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND APPLICATIONS - A method for wavelength tunable output from a broadband spectrum using a quasi phase-matched optical parametric amplifier/difference frequency generator (CQPM OPA/DFG)-based apparatus involves changing the relative timing of a pump pulse with respect to a seed pulse. The temporal variation varies the location of the spatial/temporal overlap of the spectrally narrow pump pulse over the spectrally broad seed spectrum occurring within the CQPM nonlinear medium. This overlap position determines the portion of the seed pulse that is phase-matched as the signal in the OPA or the seed for DFG. Piezo-electric fiber stretchers may be employed to vary the relative pulse timing and enables tuning of the output from the OPA or DFG without the use of any moving parts. Associated apparatus is disclosed. | 09-11-2014 |
20140312469 | LASER-BASED MATERIAL PROCESSING METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Various embodiments may be used for laser-based modification of target material of a workpiece while advantageously achieving improvements in processing throughput and/or quality. Embodiments of a method of processing may include focusing and directing laser pulses to a region of the workpiece at a pulse repetition rate sufficiently high so that material is efficiently removed from the region and a quantity of unwanted material within the region, proximate to the region, or both is reduced relative to a quantity obtainable at a lower repetition rate. Embodiments of an ultrashort pulse laser system may include a fiber amplifier or fiber laser. Various embodiments are suitable for at least one of dicing, cutting, scribing, and forming features on or within a semiconductor substrate. Workpiece materials may include metals, inorganic or organic dielectrics, or any material to be micromachined with femtosecond, picosecond, and/or nanosecond pulses. | 10-23-2014 |
20140376084 | YB: AND ND: MODE-LOCKED OSCILLATORS AND FIBER SYSTEMS INCORPORATED IN SOLID-STATE SHORT PULSE LASER SYSTEMS - The invention describes classes of robust fiber laser systems usable as pulse sources for Nd: or Yb: based regenerative amplifiers intended for industrial settings. The invention modifies adapts and incorporates several recent advances in FCPA systems to use as the input source for this new class of regenerative amplifier. | 12-25-2014 |
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20090304265 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODELING THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS FROM TWO- DIMENSIONAL IMAGES - In one embodiment, a system and method for modeling a three-dimensional object includes capturing two-dimensional images of the object from multiple different viewpoints to obtain multiple views of the object, estimating slices of the object that lie in parallel planes that cut through the object, and computing a surface of the object from the estimated slices. | 12-10-2009 |
20110007072 | Systems and methods for three-dimensionally modeling moving objects - In one embodiment, a system and method for three-dimensionally modeling a moving object pertain to capturing sequential images of the moving object from multiple different viewpoints to obtain multiple views of the moving object, identifying silhouettes of the moving object in each view, determining the location in each view of a temporal occupancy point for each silhouette boundary pixel, each temporal occupancy point being the estimated localization of a three-dimensional scene point that gave rise to its associated silhouette boundary pixel, generating blurred occupancy images that comprise silhouettes of the moving object composed of the temporal occupancy points, deblurring the blurred occupancy images to generate deblurred occupancy maps of the moving object, and reconstructing the moving object by performing visual hull intersection using the blurred occupancy maps to generate a three-dimensional model of the moving object. | 01-13-2011 |
20130211229 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MODELING AND PROCESSING FMRI IMAGE DATA USING A BAG-OF-WORDS APPROACH - Systems and methods for processing image data are provided. A computer implemented method for processing image data, comprises gathering 4-D image data from a subject, extracting time series data, and spatial and degree data of each voxel of the subject, deriving at least one feature from the time series data, deriving at least one feature from the spatial and degree data, combining the at least one feature from the time series data, and the at least one feature from the spatial and degree data to generate combined data, and inputting the combined data to a classifier, wherein the classifier outputs a classification based on the combined data. | 08-15-2013 |
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20140017324 | MULTIPARTICULATE L-MENTHOL FORMULATIONS AND RELATED METHODS - An L-menthol-containing multiparticulate formulation includes a plurality of individual enteric coated cores containing L-menthol from an at least 80% pure L-menthol source. The enteric coated cores are effective to release at least about 35% of the L-menthol within about two hours, and at least about 80% of the L-menthol within about eight hours after being placed in an environment having a pH of 5 to 8. The L-menthol multiparticulate formulation can be used to treat gastrointestinal disorders. | 01-16-2014 |
20140017325 | ENTERIC COATED MULTIPARTICULATE CONTROLLED RELEASE PEPPERMINT OIL COMPOSITION AND RELATED METHODS - A multiparticulate composition is formed from a plurality of individual cores including a hydrophobic phase containing peppermint oil dispersed in a microcrystalline cellulose-based gel and a hydrophilic phase containing a hydrogel. An enteric coating is over the individual cores. The multiparticulate composition can be used to treat gastrointestinal disorders. | 01-16-2014 |
20140065230 | MULTIPARTICULATE L-MENTHOL FORMULATIONS AND RELATED METHODS - A multiparticulate formulation includes a plurality of individual spheroidal enteric coated cores containing L-menthol from an at least 80% pure L-menthol source. A subcoat is beneath the enteric coat. The enteric coated cores have a diameter of not more than 3 mm. The multiparticulate formulation may be used to treat gastrointestinal disorders, such as irritable bowel syndrome. | 03-06-2014 |
20140171478 | CONTROLLED-RELEASE MELATONIN COMPOSITIONS AND RELATED METHODS - A melatonin-containing product includes a composition comprising melatonin, a pH lowering agent, and a gel-forming forming polymer. When ingested, the composition forms an acidic aqueous gel matrix having melatonin dissolved therein for releasing melatonin into the intestines for a sustained time period. | 06-19-2014 |
20140171479 | MELATONIN TREATMENT METHODS - A method of treating a human subject in need of melatonin therapy comprises administering to a human subject a composition comprising melatonin dispersed in a polymer matrix adapted to cover the melatonin in a melatonin solubility enhancing pH environment after ingestion and to maintain the melatonin solubility enhancing pH environment when said composition is present in said subject's intestines so that an effective amount of melatonin is released into the subject's intestines. | 06-19-2014 |
20140314860 | ENTERIC COATED MULTIPARTICULATE COMPOSITION WITH PROTEINACEOUS SUBCOAT - A multiparticulate composition includes a plurality of individual enteric coated cores containing one or more terpene-based active ingredients and having a continuous proteinaceous subcoating layer covering the individual cores and separating the individual cores from their respective enteric coatings. The continuous proteinaceous subcoating layer prevents volatile terpene-based active ingredients from leaving the core, even when the core is heated during processing or stored for long periods above room temperature. The multiparticulate composition may be used to treat gastrointestinal disorders. | 10-23-2014 |
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20120195968 | CONTROLLED-RELEASE MELATONIN COMPOSITIONS AND RELATED METHODS - This disclosure relates to controlled-release melatonin compositions and related methods. In one embodiment, a controlled-release medicament composition comprises melatonin dispersed in a controlled melatonin release portion comprising a polymer matrix, the polymer matrix adapted to encapsulate the melatonin in a melatonin solubility enhancing pH environment and to maintain the melatonin solubility enhancing pH environment when the composition is located in a melatonin solubility diminishing pH environment for allowing an effective amount of melatonin to be released into the melatonin solubility diminishing pH environment. | 08-02-2012 |
20120207842 | MULTIPARTICULATE L-MENTHOL FORMULATIONS AND RELATED METHODS - Enteric coated multiparticulate formulations that use L-menthol as an active ingredient are disclosed. In one embodiment, the multiparticulate formulation comprises a plurality of particulates having a reduced release under gastric conditions and an elevated release at neutral pH. The particulates comprise a core comprising L-menthol as an active ingredient. The L-menthol is supplied to the core as an at least 80% pure L-menthol material. An enteric coating is over the core. The enteric coating is effective to release at least about 80% of the L-menthol within about two hours of being placed in a substantially neutral pH environment. Other aspects of the invention include methods of making and methods of using the multiparticulate formulations. | 08-16-2012 |
20140356440 | Enteric Coated Multiparticulate Controlled Release Peppermint Oil Composition and Related Methods - A multiparticulate composition is formed from a plurality of individual cores including a hydrophobic phase containing peppermint oil dispersed in a microcrystalline cellulose-based gel and a hydrophilic phase containing a hydrogel. An enteric coating is over the individual cores. The multiparticulate composition can be used to treat gastrointestinal disorders. | 12-04-2014 |
20140370112 | Multiparticulate L-Carnitine Compositions and Related Methods - An oral controlled-release multiparticulate dosage form comprises a plurality of individually enteric coated particulates containing an L-carnitine that independently disperse in a patient's stomach after oral ingestion and travel through the stomach and past the pyloric sphincter without substantially releasing the L-carnitine in the stomach. The individual particulates contain (a) a solid core containing the L-carnitine, (b) a subcoating containing a cellulosic water soluble polymer over the core, and (c) an enteric coating over the subcoating. The dosage form may be used to treat conditions associated with a reduction of the amount of L-carnitine in the body. | 12-18-2014 |
20150044294 | Enteric Coated Multiparticulate Composition With Proteinaceous Subcoat - A multiparticulate composition includes a plurality of individual enteric coated cores containing one or more terpene-based active ingredients and having a continuous proteinaceous subcoating layer covering the individual cores and separating the individual cores from their respective enteric coatings. The continuous proteinaceous subcoating layer prevents volatile terpene-based active ingredients from leaving the core, even when the core is heated during processing or stored for long periods above room temperature. The multiparticulate composition may be used to treat gastrointestinal disorders. | 02-12-2015 |
20150050352 | Enteric Coated Multiparticulate Composition With Proteinaceous Subcoat - A multiparticulate composition includes a plurality of individual enteric coated cores containing one or more terpene-based active ingredients and having a continuous proteinaceous subcoating layer covering the individual cores and separating the individual cores from their respective enteric coatings. The continuous proteinaceous subcoating layer prevents volatile terpene-based active ingredients from leaving the core, even when the core is heated during processing or stored for long periods above room temperature. The multiparticulate composition may be used to treat gastrointestinal disorders. | 02-19-2015 |
20150064261 | Multiparticulate L-Menthol Formulations and Related Methods - A multiparticulate dosage form includes a plurality of individual spheroidal enteric coated particulates having (a) a diameter of 0.1 to 2.5 mm; (b) a solid core containing an effective amount of a combination of an L-menthol source and a terpene-based essential oil; (c) a continuous proteinaceous subcoating over the core; and (d) an enteric coating over the subcoating. The multiparticulate dosage form can be used to treat gastrointestinal disorders. | 03-05-2015 |